Ian Anderson's HOMO ERRATICUS Out Today in North America

Legendary prog pioneer Ian Anderson has released a new studio album Homo Erraticus today, April 15 on Ian's own Calliandra Records, distributed
by Kscope. The album continues with the story of Anderson's favorite
enfant terrible Gerald Bostock.

Ian and his band (guitarst
Florian Opahle, bassist David Goodier, keyboardist John O'Hara and
drummer Scott Hammond, and singer Ryan O'Donnell) will be touring the
United States this September through November. In addition Warner is
re-releasing A PASSION PLAY; stay tuned for a release date.

In
1972 Ian's band Jethro Tull released the iconic concept album Thick As A
Brick, based on a poem by the then eight year old Gerald Bostock in
2012. As many fans wondered what might have befallen the character, Ian
Anderson decided to explore the different paths Gerald's life might have
taken in his 2012 album, Thick As A Brick 2.

Following a forty
year political career, Gerald Bostock reunited with Anderson taking the
role of tour manager on a string of shows. ‘Homo Erraticus’ marks
Gerald's return to songwriting, and is based on an unpublished
manuscript by amateur historian Ernest T. Parritt (1865-1928).

In
Homo Erraticus, Parritt examines key events of British history with a
string of prophecies stretching to the current day and the future.
Visions of past lives caused by the delirium of malaria generate the
characters through whose eyes the stories are told, including a nomadic
Neolithic settler, an iron Age blacksmith, a Christian monk, a turnpike
innkeeper and even Prince Albert.

The album release will be
followed by an extensive UK tour, where Homo Erraticus will be performed
in its entirety followed by a selection of Tull classics updated with
video and theatrics.

Ian Anderson recently won The Prog God Award
from Prog Magazine, celebrating the innovators of rock who have
inspired generations and carved a way for others to be at their creative
best. There is no one who has pushed the boundaries more than Ian
Anderson, who to this day remains immersed in his love for the music.

Fronting
seminal Prog outfit Jethro Tull and performing simply under his own
name, Ian Anderson has performed in more than 54 countries over 45
years; he is widely considered an icon of the genre and is recognized as
the protagonist of the flute in rock music. With over 60 million
albums sold in its career, Tull has been characterized by Anderson’s
trademark acoustic textures created with ethnic flutes and whistles
together with acoustic guitar and the mandolin family of instruments. In
many recent shows, Anderson has played with orchestras, string quartets
and featured soloists. His eclectic acoustic performances are also a
hit with fans of the progressive genre.